- Dave Bossert says documents he requested from City Hall might prove that Councilwoman Marsha McLean is being “chauffeured” around by city staffers. He then pastes in an email conversation between staffers saying they have to pick McLean up from home “like normal.” What’s remarkable, he says, is that none of the documents were redacted in anyway, almost “as if some City staffers wanted to throw McLean under the bus.” He also writes about Ferry and Weste in his post WRB
- *Someone died on Sand Canyon last night. The Daily News says a car plunged off the road, resulting in a fatality DAILY NEWS
- Crime actually up slightly in 2009, not down. Sorry for the mix-up in yesterday’s Brief, I got confused. Anyway, the Signal has a full story today; major crimes were up last year, with burglaries showing a 12% rise. Auto thefts were down however. SIGNAL
- City to add more traffic cams if Council approves agenda item SIGNAL
- Southern California cities toss around ideas to deal with giant vacant auto lots. Over the last two years, over 260 dealerships in California have closed. We have a fair share on Creekside too LA TIMES
- A 19 year old man was pursued and arrested for driving a stolen car on Monday. SIGNAL
- A Valencia couple has been arrested for growing marijuana in their home. A fire in the home lead to the discovery of 47 marijuana plants, plus cultivation equipment. The man arrested says the pot is for personal use and he doesn’t sell. The couple had children in the home. SIGNAL
- LA Dodgers jack up ticket prices even for the upper deck nosebleed sections LA OBSERVED
- George Runner bill would ban sex offenders from signing up for websites like Facebook. Such sites are like a “virtual shopping mall for sex offenders on the prowl,” he tells the VV DAILY PRESS
- Mobile home owners in Newhall hit with $68 a month increase in rent after City panel votes yes on increase. The increase will go towards paying for damages suffered during rainstorms in 2004/05. SIGNAL
- SCVMomsBlog asks “What does Think SCV Mean to you?” Very well. I take ThinkSCV to the next level. Our way of life, superior as it is, must be spread to all four corners of the globe, and the galaxy beyond. It is not enough that just I Think SCV, I believe everyone, everywhere, and at all times must ThinkSCV (and dream it too, there is no escape). There beat that, SCV MOMS
- Cool graphic shows how residents of major US cities get to work INFRASTRUCTURIST
- Steve Poizner camp says Meg Whitman is out of touch for wearing a Burberry coat at NASCAR race in Fontana. For those of you without a fashion sense like me, Burberry is to Meg Whitman as Arugula is to Barack Obama as Provolone is to John Kerry’s Cheese Steak. It is not acceptable to wear such high-end threads at a beer-soaked NASCAR event. HUFFPO
- Buck McKeon’s Women’s Workshop was just a poorly disguised campaign event for Carly Fiorina opinion writer says. She gets bonus points for forcing McKeon’s Deputy Chief of Staff to extricate the Congressmen when she confronted him SIGNAL
A decade of the Valley’s town square · 2006–2015
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